Christian Fantasy: From 1200 to the PresentMacmillan, 1992 - 356 páginas This is the first account of invented stories involving the Christian supernatural. In their development a central concern is found to be the fantasy-making human imagination itself, at first seen as a obstacle to Christian purpose, but more recently given freer rein. |
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... give the play its ' ripple effect ' outwards . For , as for Mephostophilis himself , he may have power over Faustus through Faustus's assent , but he can himself be viewed as an agent of God's justice . As said , even his ironic guise ...
... give the play its ' ripple effect ' outwards . For , as for Mephostophilis himself , he may have power over Faustus through Faustus's assent , but he can himself be viewed as an agent of God's justice . As said , even his ironic guise ...
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... gives an extraordinary sense of the bodily struggle involved , as he is battered by the winds of chaos , or dropped by them when they give way , or has to make his way through a medium like sludge : Quenched in a boggy Syrtis , neither ...
... gives an extraordinary sense of the bodily struggle involved , as he is battered by the winds of chaos , or dropped by them when they give way , or has to make his way through a medium like sludge : Quenched in a boggy Syrtis , neither ...
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... give themselves . Anthony gives himself to the Eagle of balance ; Nancy Coningsby lets the Greater Trumps work for themselves within her hands ; Chloe Burnett gives herself to the Stone ; Margaret Anstruther makes herself open to the ...
... give themselves . Anthony gives himself to the Eagle of balance ; Nancy Coningsby lets the Greater Trumps work for themselves within her hands ; Chloe Burnett gives herself to the Stone ; Margaret Anstruther makes herself open to the ...
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The French Queste del Saint Graal | 12 |
The Commedia | 21 |
The Middle English Pearl | 42 |
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